Sale 2222
New York
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17 - 18 November 2009
Price realised
USD 50,000
Estimate
Angel Botello (Puerto Rican 1913-1986) Niños jugando signed 'Botello' (lower right) oil on panel 48 x 34 7/8 in. (122 x 88.6 cm.) Painted circa 1965.
Provenance
Acquired directly from the artist (circa 1965). By descent to the present owner.
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Pre-Lot Text
Property from a Private New Jersey Collection
Specialist Joy McCall answers key questions for collectors of the glassmaker’s exquisite pieces. Illustrated with lots offered in the Lalique sale on 15 May
Offered in May, a 1916 canvas that was included in every major survey of Malevich’s Suprematist works during his lifetime, and which revolutionised modern art